‘Jose Mourinho has contacted Real Madrid president Florentino Perez over Eder Militao’ as replacement for Jan Vertonghen

JOSE MOURINHO has reportedly contacted Real Madrid president Florentino Perez over a £70million summer swoop for Eder Militao.

Spanish outlet claims the Special One is drawing up replacements for Jan Vertonghen, who is out of contract at the end of the season.

The Belgian, 32, who was an unused substitute in the club's Champions League exit to RB Leipzig, appears to be no closer to signing an extension.

Militao, meanwhile, has endured a torrid debut season at Madrid following a £44m move from Porto last summer.

The 22-year-old has fallen behind Zinedine Zidane's established centre-back pairing of Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane at the Bernabeu.

While Militao has often been forced to play out of position on the rare occasion that Dani Carvajal is injured.

In total, he has made just 13 appearances for Los Blancos all season, with a mere seven starts in LaLiga.

Despite that, Madrid are desperate to make a profit on Militao and have reportedly told Mourinho that they'll let him leave for £70m.

But Spurs boss Mourinho remains confident of lowering his former employer's lofty valuation of the defender before next season.

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